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PLAN  FOR  THE 
UNIVERSAL  ORDER 
OF  THE  HOLY  GRAIL 


PURITY 


GOOD    CITIZENSHIP 


SERVICE 


WILLIAM      SKINNER      ELDREDGE 


Copyrighted  1919 
By  William  Skinner  Eldredge 

1336  Garden  Street 

Santa  Barbara,  California 

U.  S.  A. 


... 


X        Dedication        x 

To  my  beloved  mother,  Catharine  Elizabeth 
Bennett  Eldredge,  who,  in  her  eighty-fifth  year, 
carries  the  heart  and  hope  of  a  maid  in  her  breast, 
from  whose  lips  I  never  heard  fall  an  impatient 
word,  and  whose  prayers,  softer  than  rays  of  light 
and  stronger  than  bands  of  steel,  have  ever  guided 
me  towards  the  Light,  I  gratefully  dedicate  THE 
PLAN  FOR  THE  UNIVERSAL  ORDER  OF 
THE  HOLY  GRAIL. 

William  Skinner  Eldredge. 


9731 


Good    Citizenship 


:-:       Preliminary  Remarks      :-: 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  explain  the  signifi- 
cance of  the  words,  Holy  Grail,  nor  to  enter 
into  a  discussion  of  that  sacred  symbol,  for 
which  men  have  fought  and  about  which  God- 
inspired  poets  have  dreamed  and  written.  It 
is  the  lodestar  of  the  most  fascinating  history 
and  romance  of  the  race — Holy  Grail — symbol 
of  supreme  self-sacrifice  and  token  of  final  and 
complete  redemption  to  all  who  in  spirit  par- 
take of  its  wine  of  eternal  life  and  love. 

The  vision,  which  is  outlined  on  these  brief 
pages,  after  having  persisted  for  several  years, 
gradually  unfolding  its  splendor  of  possibili- 
ties, was  hastened  in  its  public  birth  by  a  pro- 
phetic dream.  Thrust  aside  time  and  again  as 
being  too  Utopian  to  be  practical,  it  would 
not  be  denied.  Men  and  women  of  the  twen- 
tieth century  are  the  dauntless  pioneers  of  a 
Democracy  whose  foundations  shall  be  laid  in 
Purity,  Justice  and  Service.  The  two  words 
which  dominate  the  world  today  are  Ideal  and 
Achieve. 

No  attempt  is  made  here  to  detail  the  work- 
ings of  The  Universal  Order  of  the  Holy  Grail, 


Tk«    Kcl>    Gx.il  x  Purity 


save  in  the  most  general  way.  The  plan  is 
fundamental  and  all-inclusive.  Its  sole  pur- 
pose is  to  exalt  and  to  give  concrete  effective- 
ness to  clean  living,  good  citizenship  and  ser- 
vice. This  may  best  be  accomplished,  not  by 
means  of  more  laws — for  the  world  is  weighted 
down  and  weary  with  laws — but  by  holding 
before  the  minds  of  men  A  VISION  THAT 
CONTAINS  WITHIN  ITSELF  ITS  OWN 
INSPIRATION  AND  POWERS  OF  FUL- 
FILLMENT. Other  questions,  regardless  of 
their  merit,  must  never  be  wrought  into  the 
workings  of  the  order. 

This  order  will  not  concern  itself  with  any 
shadows  of  the  past.  Every  man  and  woman 
on  God's  great  earth  shall  have  the  supreme 
privilege  of  attaining  to  its  highest  honors, 
fellowships  and  protection.  But  it  will  con- 
cern itself  most  mightily  to  see  that  our  chil- 
dren are  instructed  and  safeguarded  as  they 
have  never  been  before ;  to  surround  our  moth- 
ers and  our  unborn  babies  with  the  care  that 
is  due  them;  to  strike  a  higher  note  in  our 
institutions  of  learning  and  in  our  army  and 
navy;  to  recognize  the  inherent  goodness  in 
all  men  and  women  and  to  make  this  a  cleaner 
and  a  better  world  in  which  to  live. 


Good    CitJ2«n«Kip :•: Servic* 

X      Outline  of  the  Plan      ;-; 

Membership 

Membership  in  the  order  may  be  held  by  any 
human  being  above  the  age  of  twelve,  of  any 
sex,  race,  color,  creed  or  condition  of  life. 

The  Progressive  Star 

The  first  degree  of  the  order  we  have  called 
the  PROGRESSIVE  STAR,  as  it  will  embrace 
a  period  of  ten  years  in  its  completion.  It  will 
really  be  a  ten  years'  course  of  instruction  in 
purity,  good  citizenship  and  service.  This  is 
the  most  important  of  the  degrees,  as  it  is  the 
foundation  for  all  that  follows  and  will  carry 
our  children  through  adolescence  well  up  into 
full  manhood  and  womanhood.  It  will  be  con- 
structive in  its  teachings,  and  while  it  will  be 
especially  adapted  to  the  unfolding  needs  of 
growing  children,  holding  ever  before  their 
vision  the  glory  of  the  good,  it  will  be  equally 
helpful  to  those  of  more  mature  years.  Merely 
to  illustrate  the  possibilities  of  this  degree,  we 
suggest  the  following  list  of  virtues  which 
could  be  specialized  during  the  ten  year  period, 
the  white  light  of  purity  to  run  through  the 
entire  course. 


TKe    Holy    Grail  :-:  Puritj 

(1)  PURITY,  (2)  TRUTHFULNESS,  (3) 
THE  MEANING  OF  THE  FLAG,  PATRI- 
OTISM, (4)  HONOR,  (5)  JUSTICE,  (6) 
GENEROSITY,  (7)  LOYALTY,  (8)  SER- 
VICE, (9)  EQUALITY,  CONSIDERATION, 
TOLERANCE,  (10)  FIDELITY. 

Emblems  of  the 
Progressive  Star  Degree 

The  emblems  of  this  degree  will  be  ten  in 
number.  The  first  will  consist  of  a  bronze  but- 
ton with  the  Holy  Grail  in  the  center.  To 
this  button  one  point  will  be  added  upon  the 
completion  of  each  year  of  faithful  member- 
ship until  it  becomes  a  ten  point  star.  This 
star  will  entitle  its  possessor  to  membership 
in  and  participation  in  all  the  honors  and  work- 
ings of  the  Sir  Galahad  degree. 

All  emblems  of  this  degree  will  be  numbered 
and  their  history  kept  on  file. 

The  emblems  of  this  degree  will  not  be  the 
property  of  those  who  wear  them.  They  will 
be  granted  annually  by  Sir  Galahad  lodges  to 
worthy  members,  who  will  return  them  at  the 
close  of  the  year,  when  they  will  be  entitled 
to  one  containing  an  added  point.  In  this  way 


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they  will  be  purchased  over  and  over  again 
and  acquire  a  sentimental  value  far  in  excess  of 
the  small  amount  the  badge  itself  will  cost.  It 
might  thus  happen  that  a  button  which  had 
been  worn  with  honor  by  a  president,  gov- 
ernor, bishop,  or  other  noted  man  or  woman, 
would  fall  to  a  poor  boy  in  the  slums  of  a  city, 
or  perchance  to  a  boy  or  a  girl  who  lived  in 
meager  surroundings  far  from  a  city,  and  to 
them  it  would  become  a  most  potent  talisman, 
inciting  to  nobility  of  life  and  strong  efforts 
in  advancement.  A  single  button  in  time  might 
thus  insure  to  society  the  saving  of  many  boys 
and  girls  who  otherwise  would  have  been  lured 
into  paths  of  vice. 

While  Progressive  Star  lodges  will  be  insti- 
tuted and  directed  by  Sir  Galahad  lodges,  the 
working  degree  of  the  order,  it  will  be  expected 
that  all  charter  members  of  the  Sir  Galahad 
degree  will  wear  the  successive  emblems  of 
the  Progressive  Star  degree  during  business 
hours,  from  9  A.  M.  to  5  P.  M.,  to  show  their 
hearty  accord  with  the  spirit  of  the  order,  and 
also  to  bestow  upon  the  emblems  themselves 
a  heritage  of  honor  that  will  be  priceless  to 
future  generations. 


The    Holy    Grail :-: Purit? 

Temples  of  Purity  and 

Good  Citizenship 

Eventually  every  state  should  have  one,  or 
more,  according  to  its  size,  great  central  Tem- 
ple of  Purity  and  Good  Citizenship,  situated  for 
accessibility  and  beauty.  In  it  should  be  halls, 
reading  rooms,  a  superb  lodge  room,  gymna- 
sium, a  swimming  tank,  dormitories,  a  fine  din- 
ing room,  etc.  These  temples  should  be  dedi- 
cated to  the  boys  and  girls  of  the  state.  When 
they  reached  the  proper  age,  and  so  desired 
voluntarily,  they  should  be  sent  there  to  be 
initiated  into  the  order.  The  cermonies  should 
cover  several  days  and  be  made  as  impressive 
as  possible.  As  they  would  be  the  guests  of 
the  order,  no  money  could  be  used  while  there, 
as  their  every  need  would  be  plentifully  sup- 
plied. They  would  be  instructed  in  the  things 
they  should  know — scientifically  instructed.  In 
every  possible  way  the  beauties  of  purity 
would  be  impressed  on  their  tender  minds ; 
the  power  of  purity,  the  wisdom  of  purity,  the 
joy  of  purity,  as  well  as  the  glory  of  good  citi- 
zenship and  service.  Their  minds  would  be 
ever  held  towards  the  light,  directed  to  high 
ideals.  It  would  be  epochal  with  them,  and 
the  very  finest  of  our  men  and  women  would 


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add  to  the  occasions  by  lectures  as  well  as  by 
personal  contact. 

Two  Initiations 

THE  PROGRESSIVE  STAR  DEGREE 
will  be  divided  into  two  periods  of  tive  years 
each,  and  at  the  end  of  the  first  period  those 
who  had  proven  themselves  faithful  would 
return  for  instructions  in  the  second  period. 
They  would  then  be  crossing  the  threshold  to 
young  manhood  and  womanhood.  What  a 
power  they  would  wield  over  incoming 
classes !  Every  boy  and  girl  in  the  state  would 
be  privileged  to  receive  the  invaluable  inspira- 
tions of  these  occasions.  Here  all  would  stand 
on  the  same  level  and  be  saturated  with  the 
same  lofty  ideals.  There  could  be  no  lavish 
display  while  they  were  the  guests  of  the  order, 
as  they  would  all  wear  the  plainest,  simplest 
white.  When  they  returned  shining  to  their 
homes,  schools  and  churches,  they  would  be 
veritable  bands  of  crusaders,  Boy  Scouts  and 
Girl  Scouts  of  Purity,  pledged  to  keep  their 
ranks  clean, — and  they  would  do  it, — guarding 
the  less  fortunate,  determined  to  achieve  the 
Sir  Galahad  degree,  Round  Table,  Ten  Wise 
Virgins,  or  to  become  missionaries  of  purity 


The  Holy  Grail :-: Purit? 

to  their  own  or  other  lands.  Nor  would  the 
high  inspirations  of  these  occasions  be  allowed 
to  ooze  from  the  children :  knowing  them  as  we 
would,  and  their  individual  problems,  special 
encouragement  by  means  of  strong  personal 
letters  would  be  given  them  from  time  to  time. 

We  have  many  departments  in  our  nation, 
but  no  Department  of  Boys  and  Girls.  Is  it 
not  time  to  supplement  the  magnificent  efforts 
of  our  schools  and  churches  by  a  great  uni- 
versal movement?  By  a  little  wisely  directed 
effort  hundreds  of  thousands  of  our  young  who 
are  left  to  drift  could  be  turned  into  channels 
of  clean  and  noble  living. 

Institutions  of  Learning 

High  school,  college  and  university  stu- 
dents, etc.,  who  finish  their  courses  clean 
should  have  points  to  the  number  of  their 
years  as  students  added  to  their  diplomas  and 
become  known  as  Holy  Grail  men  and  women. 
The  moral  standing  this  will  add  to  their 
attainments  will  crystallize  their  common 
decency  into  preference  in  their  chosen  voca- 
tions. 

Any  institution  in  which  at  least  95%  of 


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##<&r-graduates  have  sworn  allegiance  to  the 
Holy  Grail  will  be  granted  the  banner  of  the 
order.  As  the  day  follows  night,  thus,  when 
once  any  well  known  institution  of  learning 
has  achieved  this  distinction,  in  self  defense 
other  similar  institutions  will  strive  for  that 
great  honor  also. 

Public  Service 

National,  state  and  county  capitols,  city 
halls,  etc.,  may  display  the  banner  of  the  order 
only  when  they  are  100%  clean.  Every  presi- 
dent, governor,  or  public  official  or  represen- 
tative of  any  kind  should  be  expected  to  be 
clean. 

The  Army  and  Navy 

The  day  has  passed  when  an  army  may  con- 
sist of  men  who  have  largely  laid  aside 
thoughts  of  advancement  to  enlist,  living  on  a 
pittance,  the  best  years  of  life  spent  in  drill  and 
review  during  times  of  peace.  Their  stay  in 
the  service  should  be  a  period  of  intensive 
training  not  only  in  the  science  of  war,  but 
also,  and  more  especially,  in  the  arts  of  peace. 
The  army  and  navy  should  become  universi- 


The  Holy  Grail :•: Purit? 

ties,  trade  schools,  business  colleges,  and  every 
man  in  the  service  should  be  privileged  to 
marry.  Every  man  in  the  service,  from  the 
President  down,  should  be  urged  to  take  the 
oath  of  allegiance  to  the  Holy  Grail  as  a  just 
debt  to  a  holy  mother,  a  supreme  service  to 
humanity  and  a  crowning  achievement  of  patri- 
otism. 

Purity  is  power.  One  clean  man  on  the 
firing  line  is  worth  three  unclean  ones,  and  it 
is  right  that  we  should  recognize  this  valuation 
in  men.  When  an  enlisted  man  in  any  branch 
of  the  service  has  completed  seven  years  of 
clean  service,  together  with  the  three  years 
more  necessary  to  round  out  the  ten  point  star, 
either  in  or  out  of  the  service,  he  should  be 
rewarded  with  a  bonus  of  at  least  twenty-five 
hundred  dollars  by  the  nation  as  a  partial 
recognition  of  the  unpriceable  value  of  his 
clean  life  to  his  country.  This  nation  can  not 
afford  to  hold  purity  as  a  pauper  unworthy  of 
recognition  or  investment.  The  efficiency 
which  seven  years  of  clean  service  would  in- 
sure would  in  a  decade  give  us  reserve  which 
no  power  could  break.  Under  such  a  plan  it 
would  no  longer  be  a  question  as  to  how  to  get 
men  to  enlist;  rather,  enlistment  for  a  seven 


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year  term  would  soon  follow  competitive  exam- 
inations. 

The  Sir  Galahad  Degree 

This  will  be  the  administrative  degree  of 
the  order,  and  to  institute  it  a  certain  number 
of  men  and  women  of  known  integrity  should 
be  chosen  and  pro-rated  among  the  states. 
Every  lodge  of  this  degree  will  have  the  over- 
sight of  the  workings  of  the  forder  inj  its 
allotted  jurisdiction.  These  lodges  will  also 
meet  annually  in  both  national  and  state  con- 
ventions to  apportion  finance,  regulate  the  dis- 
tribution of  emblems  and  to  direct  all  branches 
of  work  in  the  order.  They  will  also  elect  dele- 
gates to  the  Round  Table. 

The  Round  Table  Degree 

This  will  be  an  international  degree.  It  will 
meet  biennially  to  further  the  interests  of  world 
purity.  The  attainment  of  the  Round  Table 
will  be  one  of  the  finest  honors  that  can  come 
to  any  man  or  woman.  The  full  expenses  of 
this  degree  will  be  met  by  the  Sir  Galahad 
degree ;  lack  of  financial  ability  must  never  be 
a  bar  to  any  worthy  member. 


The    HoljJ    Grail  :-:  Purity 

Distinctive  Features 

To  remain  national  and  international  in 
scope,  The  Universal  Order  of  the  Holy  Grail 
must  ever  remain  distinctively  a  layman's 
movement,  officered  exclusively  by  laymen 
and  women.  Nor  must  it  ever  in  any  way 
become  allied  with  other  reform  movements. 
This  order  is  unique  in  that  it  will  appeal  to 
every  father  and  mother  in  the  world;  all 
desire  the  best  for  their  children.  There  is 
no  minority,  large  or  small,  opposing  the  best 
for  their  young.  We  at  least  are  unanimous  in 
that,  and  to  remain  unanimous  this  order  will 
exalt  purity,  good  citizenship  and  service,  and 
these  great  qualities  only.  Nor  will  any  loop- 
hole for  possible  misunderstanding  of  its  sole 
purpose  be  allowed  to  exist  for  one  moment. 
Regardless  of  all  other  things,  here  all  can  con- 
scientiously strive  side  by  side,  and  in  the 
striving  there  will  grow  into  the  race  con- 
sciousness a  realization  of  the  hitherto  vapor- 
ous ideal  of  universal  brotherhood.  Certainly 
it  is  to  be  expected  that  the  leaders  of  every 
religion  will  lend  this  movement  their  unquali- 
fied support,  and  that  all  secular 'teachers  will 
co-operate  to  the  ful|  extent  of  their  sincere 
ability. 


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The  Ten  Wise  Virgins 

This  will  be  the  exclusive  woman's  branch 
of  the  order,  and  it  is  destined  to  become  the 
greatest  of  all  orders  in  its  possibilities  for 
good  to  humanity. 

The  most  important  part  of  life  is  pre-natal. 
Many  of  our  children  are  endowed  with  tenden- 
cies before  birth  which  render  them  most  sus- 
ceptible to  vice  and  crime  in  its  coarsest 
aspects.  To  stand  helpless  before  such  condi- 
tions is  a  confession  of  impotence  unworthy  of 
men  and  women  of  the  twentieth  century. 
They  can  and  must  be  met  and  overcome,  and 
in  their  solution  many  other  problems  which 
are  a  growing  menace  will  also  be  solved. 

Homes  of  Motherhood 

Adjoining  the  great  Temples  of  Purity  there 
should  be  very  ample  grounds  filled  with  bun- 
galows dedicated  to  motherhood.  Here  every 
woman  who  is  to  become  a  mother  may  go 
without  expense  to  herself  or  family  at  least 
four  months  before  her  baby  is  born,  and 
remain  for  two  months  after  its  birth.  Here 
she  would  be  in  the  midst  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful surroundings,  breathing  in  an  atmosphere 


TK«   Hoi?   Grail :•: Purity 

of  the  loftiest  ideals  and  ministered  to  with  the 
tenderest  care ;  and  here,  in  the  holy  Home  of 
Motherhood,  her  child  would  enter  the  world 
stamped  with  nobility.  This  should  especially 
apply  to  mothers  whose  home  surroundings 
are  meager  and  whose  duties  are  heavy.  Many 
women  are  on  a  treadmill  of  toil  from  birth  to 
old  age;  never  a  vacation  worthy  the  name, 
overworked,  destitute  of  the  advantages  of 
refinement.  To  them  the  bearing  of  children 
often  becomes  a  curse. 

When  the  benefits  which  would  accrue  to 
motherhood  become  understood  even  in  part ; 
when  it  is  known  there  is  no  ulterior  motive, 
no  thought  of  tampering  with  one's  religious  or 
political  preference ;  when  a  few  mothers  have 
returned  to  tell  of  their  glad  stay  at  the  center, 
the  love  they  found  and  the  disinterested  care ; 
when  they  return  with  their  sweet,  healthy 
babies ;  when  other  mothers  see  the  new  light 
in  their  eyes,  the  new  hope  in  their  hearts,  the 
finer  intelligence,  the  broader  charity  and  the 
freedom  of  venom  towards  others,  other 
fathers  and  mothers  to  be  will  covet  the  bless- 
ings of  the  center  also. 


Good    Citi««nship 


Service 

Who  will  serve  at  the  home  of  motherhood 
and  who  will  serve  in  the  homes  that  for  a  time 
have  been  left  without  the  mothers'  guiding 
hands?  Members  of  the  Ten  Wise  Virgins; 
they  will  have  complete  supervision  in  both 
places.  Every  woman  should  consider  it  a 
supreme  privilege  to  belong  to  this  branch  of 
the  order,  receive  its  instructions,  share  in  its 
fellowships,  and  surround  her  life  with  its  pro- 
tection, for  any  insignia  they  may  choose  to 
wear  will  be  backed  by  the  entire  moral  force 
of  the  nation.  Every  well  woman  should  covet 
the  honor  of  serving  at  least  once  in  each  place 
during  her  lifetime,  once  at  the  center  and  once 
in  the  home  of  some  mother  to  be. 

When  Capital  goes  to  live  with  Labor  they 
will  make  the  great  at-one-ment.  When  ser- 
vice is  exalted  to  its  proper  place  social  distinc- 
tions will  disappear.  When  a  nation  becomes 
as  one  great  family,  the  Brotherhood  of  Man 
will  no  longer  be  a  myth. 

While  The  Universal  Order  of  the  Holy 
Grail  is,  and  ever  must  remain,  AN  ORDER, 
"of  the  people,  by  the  people  and  fof  the  peo- 
ple," the  day  is  not  distant  when  any  state  that 


The    Hoi?   Grail  :-:  Purity 

does  not  expend  as  much  in  the  construction 
and  maintenance  of  Temples  of  Purity  and 
Good  Citizenship  for  its  children,  and  Homes 
of  Motherhood  for  its  daughters,  as  it  expends 
in  the  construction  and  care  of  its  capitol 
buildings  and  grounds,  will  feel  that  it  has 
fallen  short  of  the  high  ideals  for  which  it  was 
created. 

The  Order  of  the  Holy 
Grail  Self  Supporting 

In  a  comparatively  short  time  the  order 
would  be  generously  self  supporting.  The  cost 
of  the  emblems  of  the  Progressive  Star  degree 
would  be  one  dollar  per  year  for  ten  years. 
That  would  amount  to  about  two  cents  per 
week  for  character  insurance  for  each  child  in 
a  family.  What  other  investment,  great  or 
small,  gives  promise  of  such  magnificent  fruit- 
age? Ten  years  of  clean  living  should  enable 
every  one  to  contribute  one  dollar  per  month 
for  the  good  of  humanity.  That  should  be 
the  assessment  for  membership  in  the  Sir  Gala- 
had degree  of  the  order.  Members  of  the  Ten 
Wise  Virgins  would  doubtless  contribute  a 
specified  amount. 


Good    Citizenship  :•:  Service 

If,  as  we  confidently  believe,  we  may  expect 
to  see  at  least  from  five  to  ten  per  cent  of  our 
population  enrolled  in  the  Sir  Galahad  degree, 
together  with  a  much  greater  number  in 
the  Progressive  Star  degree,  it  will  be 
readily  seen  the  income  would  be  very 
large,  and  that  without  imposing  a  burden 
on  anyone.  Nor  is  it  too  much  to  expect  that 
employers  will  be  most  enthusiastic  in  the 
support  of  an  institution  which  will  place  at 
their  disposal  men  and  women  of  high  ideals 
and  fine  intelligence.  Moreover,  many  grateful 
parents,  classes  and  societies  will  build,  furnish 
and  endow  a  bungalow,  or  bungalows,  at  the 
beautiful  Homes  of  Motherhood,  and  find  in 
so  doing  one  of  the  sweetest  ministries  which 
the  heart  of  man  can  dream  of. 


Conduct 


The  order  will  be  conducted  on  the  honor 
system.  The  ten-year  test  in  the  Progres- 
sive Star  Degree  will  prove  most  efficient,  and 
unworthy  members  will  naturally  eliminate 
themselves  during  that  period.  Moreover,  the 
social,  material  and  spiritual  advantages  of 
purity  are  so  vast,  so  definite  and  concrete,  that 


Th«    Hoi?    Grail :-: Purity 

when  once  they  have  been  accorded  a  proper 
recognition  they  will  not  be  readily  spurned. 
The  very  badge  of  the  order  will  be  a  most 
potent  protection  to  the  one  who  -wears  it. 


Good    Citizenship  :-:  Service 

Emblems  of  the  Holy  Grail 

The  Progressive  Star  Degree 

A  bronze  button  with  a  reproduction  of  the 
Holy  Grail  in  the  center,  one  point  to  be  added 
each  year  until  it  becomes  a  ten  point  star. 

The  Sir  Galahad  Degree 

A  white  ten  point  star  with  the  Holy  Grail 
in  the  center,  enclosed  by  a  circle  of  blue.  This 
emblem  may  be  made  of  enamel,  or  of  rubies, 
diamonds  or  pearls,  and  sapphires. 

The  Round  Table  Degree 

The  Holy  Grail  surrounded  by  braided  heads 
of  golden  wheat  enclosed  by  a  circle  of  dia- 
monds or  pearls. 

The  Ten  Wise  Virgins 

The  emblem  of  the  Sir  Galahad  degree  on  a 
cross  of  gold. 

The  Banner  of  the  Order 

The  emblem  of  the  Sir  Galahad  degree  on 
a  shield  of  yellow  on  a  field  of  white. 

The  color  of  the  Holy  Grail  on  all  the  em- 
blems excepting  those  of  the  Progressive  Star 
degree  will  be  ruby. 


Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
PAT.  JAN.  2 1.1 908 


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